Chapter Summaries

Feng Qing Er, Cao Ying, and Medusa reacted to Chu Xiao’s plans involving the Wind Thunder Profound Classic and the Green Lotus Core Flame. After leaving seclusion, Chu Xiao learned that Yun Yun had visited the Xiao Family and decided she likely possessed a Diary Copy too.

• Feng Qing Er realized she had lost the Wind Thunder Profound Classic and Wind-Thunder Profound Wings, then flew off to confront Mu Qingluan.
• Cao Ying regretted that Chu Xiao had not sought her out sooner, while Medusa worried that he might take the Green Lotus Core Flame before she could use it.
• Chu Xiao left the ruined Small World and learned from Xiao Mei that Yun Yun had come to the Xiao Family to accept him as her master’s disciple.
• Chu Xiao questioned Xiao Zhan and concluded that Yun Yun’s visit and offer were unusual and likely meant she possessed a Diary Copy.
• Chu Xiao wrote in the Diary that Yun Yun’s visit had changed the events surrounding the three-year agreement and foreshadowed a future conflict between the Xiao Family and the Misty Cloud Sect.

The women speculated that Yun Yun had a Diary Copy after she changed her past behavior, while Yun Yun and Ya Fei discussed the risks of exposing their knowledge. Chu Xiao chose Jia Nan Academy over joining the Misty Cloud Sect and decided to visit Ya Fei, leaving Xiao Zhan surprised when he learned Chu Xiao planned to deal with the Galle and Oba Families.

• Cao Ying suspected Yun Yun had a Diary Copy, while Zi Yan guessed Yun Yun had changed her behavior after learning her cultivation had been exposed and stole fruit from a spiritual plant.
• Ya Fei explained that Yun Yun was not reborn and had not inherited feelings from a past life, then warned that losing her copy and memories could prevent her from changing the feud between the Misty Cloud Sect and Xiao Family.
• Yun Yun agreed with Ya Fei that they had to prevent those conflicts, even as she privately considered whether another copy holder might be reborn.
• Chu Xiao told Xiao Zhan he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy rather than join the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Zhan supported his choice.
• Chu Xiao decided to visit Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and seek the Mittel Family's help against the Galle and Oba Families, surprising Xiao Zhan with his plan.

Chu Xiao revealed to Xiao Zhan that he had reached the Da Dou Shi realm and promised a plan to deal with the Jia Lie and Oba Families before leaving for Jia Nan Academy. He then headed to the Mittel Auction House, while his diary entry alarmed Yun Yun by mentioning the slaughter of Yun Shan.

• Chu Xiao decided the Xiao Family should reclaim what the Jia Lie and Oba Families had taken and considered eliminating the two families.
• Chu Xiao revealed his Dou Qi Armor and claimed he had secretly advanced to Da Dou Shi, astonishing Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan urged Chu Xiao to conceal his cultivation and endure the rival families, but Chu Xiao said he had a foolproof plan.
• Xiao Zhan proposed marrying Xiao Yu or Xiao Mei to Chu Xiao, then changed course after hearing Xun Er had a peak Dou Huang guard.
• Chu Xiao went to the Mittel Auction House and wrote about Ya Fei, his three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran, and having not yet slaughtered Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun reacted with confusion to Chu Xiao's mention of slaughtering Yun Shan.

Yun Yun and Ya Fei read Chu Xiao’s account of how he first met Yun Yun in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, while the women teased Yun Yun over their awkward aliases and intimate time together. The entry ended with Chu Xiao recounting how he saved Yun Yun from a magical beast and was seriously injured.

• Yun Yun panicked after reading that Chu Xiao would kill Yun Shan, but Ya Fei reminded her that they had already changed the events that led to their hostility.
• The Diary described how Chu Xiao and Xiao Yi Xian explored a senior’s cave abode before Chu Xiao found the injured Yun Yun after her fight with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Chu Xiao concealed his identity as “Xiao Chu,” while Yun Yun called herself “Yun Zhi,” prompting the women to tease her about their transparent aliases.
• Chu Xiao cared for Yun Yun’s injuries over several days, and Yun Yun grew fond of him while he worried she might kill him to silence him.
• After Yun Yun recovered enough to move around, a magical beast discovered her while she was bathing; Chu Xiao rescued her and was seriously injured.

Yun Yun recalled how an accidental dose of aphrodisiac brought her and Chu Xiao closer during their time in the Demon Beast Mountain Range. Chu Xiao’s diary then recounted meeting Qing Lin and missing the Green Lotus Core Flame, while the women realized Cai Lin was Queen Medusa.

• Yun Yun explained that she had accidentally used aphrodisiac while grilling fish for the injured Chu Xiao, and he had put her in a cold spring until its effects passed without sleeping with her.
• Yun Yun and Chu Xiao confirmed their feelings but parted because their identities made a relationship impractical; she left him armor and cultivation techniques before leaving the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
• Chu Xiao and Xiao Yan later met Qing Lin in Stone Desert City, and Chu Xiao took her in as his maid after learning of her mistreatment.
• Qing Lin helped Chu Xiao and Xiao Yan seek the Green Lotus Core Flame, but someone had already taken it; Chu Xiao considered going to the Snake-People Tribe to claim it first.
• Ya Fei identified Cai Lin as Queen Medusa, and the women reacted with surprise at the prospect of Chu Xiao eventually having a daughter with her.

Medusa learned that Chu Xiao knew the secret of her companion soul and her future evolution into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, while Qing Lin coaxed her into eating food associated with him. Yun Yun and Ya Fei read Chu Xiao’s diary, which revealed that he would steal the Heavenly Flames during Medusa’s evolution and kiss Yun Yun after she let him escape.

• Qing Lin offered Medusa dinner, and Medusa reluctantly tasted the dishes that Xiao Li had learned to make from Chu Xiao.
• Medusa read that Chu Xiao and Little Yan Zi would infiltrate the Snake-People Tribe, take the Heavenly Flames during her evolution, and leave with her after she became a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Medusa realized Chu Xiao knew about her secret companion soul and celebrated that her evolution would succeed.
• Yun Yun worried about the Snake-People Tribe’s rising power, while Ya Fei reassured her that Chu Xiao would put Medusa in her place.
• Yun Yun read that she had let Chu Xiao escape with the Heavenly Flames and that he had hugged and kissed her, prompting shock from Yun Yun and Xun Er.

The Diary Copy revealed how Chu Xiao and Yun Yun shared a first kiss and recounted the clashes that drove the Xiao Family and Misty Cloud Sect into conflict. Yun Yun learned that her master Yun Shan had broken through to Dou Zong, while Medusa grew alarmed by the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s deal with Cai Lin.

• Xun Er and Medusa reacted angrily to learning that Yun Yun had received Chu Xiao’s first kiss, while Ya Fei warned Yun Yun that the future Empresses might resent her.
• Chu Xiao recounted rescuing Yun Yun from Snake-People Tribe elders by borrowing Old Yao’s strength, then secretly letting her believe a mysterious Dou Emperor had saved her.
• Chu Xiao described how Yun Ling tried to keep Xiao Yan and him after the three-year agreement, prompting Yun Shan to emerge from seclusion and intervene after Ge Ye linked Chu Xiao to Mo Cheng’s death.
• Chu Xiao explained that Cai Lin took control after the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python offered to relinquish its body, allowing their side to escape Yun Shan’s attack safely.
• Medusa questioned the Python’s deal and the transfer of control after learning how Cai Lin had protected Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao’s diary revealed that Mo Cheng’s actions led to the Xiao Family’s destruction and a future war with the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Yun Yun and the other women shaken. As Ya Fei went to receive Chu Xiao, the diary stopped just as he began recalling an intimate moment with Yun Yun.

• Chu Xiao wrote that he had killed Mo Cheng to protect Qing Lin and still did not regret it, stirring Qing Lin’s affection and anger toward Mo Cheng.
• Ya Fei left Yun Yun’s room to receive Chu Xiao at the Mittel Auction House, while Yun Yun and Medusa reacted to the diary’s revelations about the Mo Family.
• Chu Xiao recalled that he and Little Yan Zi returned to find the Xiao Family in ruins, then killed Yun Ling after he confessed to destroying it, though he had not abducted Xiao Zhan and Fang Yi.
• Chu Xiao described escaping with Little Yan Zi, studying at Jia Nan Academy, and later killing Yun Shan before disbanding the Misty Cloud Sect while sparing its ordinary members.
• Chu Xiao began recalling a moment with Yun Yun at the sect’s back mountain, but Ya Fei’s arrival interrupted the diary, frustrating Yun Yun, Medusa, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yi Xian.

Chu Xiao tested Ya Fei and discovered that she possessed a Diary Copy, then showed her a flame to make her believe he was a Grade 4 Alchemist. The other Diary holders learned about his plans and Ya Fei’s troubles, and the chapter ended with Ya Fei pretending to be astonished by his supposed alchemy skill.

• Chu Xiao bound Ya Fei through the Diary and confirmed that she possessed a Diary Copy.
• Ya Fei invited Chu Xiao to tea, and he offered to help her escape Mu Zhan’s harassment and gain influence in her family.
• Chu Xiao summoned a wisp of Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, while the Diary recorded Ya Fei’s surprised reaction for its readers.
• The Women read Chu Xiao’s thoughts about helping Ya Fei, finding Hai Bo Dong, and eventually learning alchemy from Old Yao.
• Medusa learned that Hai Bo Dong was alive near Stone Desert City, while Cao Ying considered using Beast Flames to develop alchemists.
• Ya Fei read the Diary’s revelations and pretended to exclaim that Chu Xiao was a Grade 4 Alchemist.

Chu Xiao recruited Ya Fei to spread false information that would provoke the Jia Lie Family and Oba Family into targeting him, while arranging a long-term medicinal ingredient deal. After he gave Ya Fei a spatial node and left, Ya Fei and Yun Yun discussed their plans and Yun Yun’s growing concern that the Misty Cloud Sect was destined to be destroyed.

• Chu Xiao asked Ya Fei to spread word that he was a seven-star Dou Master who planned to become Yun Yun’s disciple, then sell his whereabouts to the Jia Lie Family and Oba Family so they would try to ambush him.
• Chu Xiao arranged for Ya Fei to supply medicinal ingredients for first-, second-, and third-grade pills, and she gave him the Mittel Family’s highest-ranking guest card.
• Chu Xiao secretly placed a spatial node on Ya Fei, explaining that he could use the Diary’s connection to teleport to her or Xun Er from far away.
• Chu Xiao vanished, and Ya Fei went next door to speak with Yun Yun about when she should approach him.
• Yun Yun said she wanted to wait before meeting Chu Xiao, and worried that he had a specific reason to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect despite her connection to him.

Chu Xiao obtained Ya Fei’s weakened Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart and returned to the Xiao Family, where he revealed that he had become a one-star Da Dou Shi. After Fang Yi celebrated his breakthrough and forgave Xiao Zhan, Chu Xiao asked Xiao Zhan for the clan’s treasured jade.

• Chu Xiao synchronized with Ya Fei and obtained the weakened Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart, which sharpened his intuition and thinking.
• Chu Xiao returned to the Xiao Family and overheard Fang Yi scolding Xiao Zhan for claiming that Chu Xiao had become a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan asked Chu Xiao to save Xiao Zhan from Fang Yi’s anger, but Chu Xiao revealed that Xiao Zhan’s claim was true.
• Old Yao confirmed to Xiao Yan that Chu Xiao was a one-star Da Dou Shi with impressive Soul Power and a mysterious-tier movement technique.
• Chu Xiao revealed his cultivation to Fang Yi, who celebrated and forgave Xiao Zhan for his earlier mistake.
• After Xiao Zhan thanked Chu Xiao, Chu Xiao asked him to hand over the treasured jade passed down by the clan chiefs.

Chu Xiao convinced Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan that their family descended from the Xiao Clan, an ancient Imperial Clan, and asked for its inherited jade. After Old Yao revealed himself and Xiao Yan explained their relationship, Xiao Zhan agreed to trust him, while Chu Xiao pressed for the jade so Xiao Xuan could guide his cultivation.

• Chu Xiao told Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan had appeared in his dreams and revealed the Xiao Family's Imperial Clan heritage and inherited jade.
• Chu Xiao claimed that Xun Er had confirmed the story, while privately admitting he was borrowing her name; Xun Er overheard and decided to remember the deception.
• Xiao Yan asked whether his bloodline could also receive dreams, and Chu Xiao attributed his own ancestral reversion to other fortuitous encounters.
• Old Yao appeared from Xiao Yan's ring, and Xiao Yan explained his identity to Xiao Zhan, who accepted him as his son's teacher despite learning he had caused Xiao Yan's declining cultivation.
• Xiao Zhan accepted Chu Xiao's account, and Chu Xiao asked him to hand over the precious jade so Xiao Xuan could guide his cultivation.

Chu Xiao obtained the Xiao Family’s inherited treasure jade and promised to aid the clan before setting out for Stone Desert City. His dramatic flight revealed that he had become a Dou Wang, while Medusa seemed displeased that he had not mentioned her plans.

• Xiao Zhan showed Chu Xiao the Xiao Family’s ancestral spirit tablets and inherited treasure jade, which Chu Xiao stored in his broken Dou Di Space.
• Chu Xiao promised to leave cultivation techniques for the Xiao Family and suggested Yao Chen help restore his aunt’s health; Yao Chen recommended a fifth-tier pill and offered her a cultivation method.
• Chu Xiao decided to travel to Stone Desert City to support his brothers, and Fang Yi prepared supplies for his journey.
• Chu Xiao took off with Dou Qi Armor and flame wings, revealing to Xiao Zhan, Fang Yi, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao that he was already a Dou Wang.
• Chu Xiao flew toward Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin and seek the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Medusa appeared unhappy that he had not mentioned her.

Chu Xiao encountered Yue Mei, Commander of the Snake-People Tribe, being pursued by a Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake over an Essence Spirit Fruit. He prepared to help her, while Cao Ying read his Diary entry and learned of the encounter.

• Medusa told Qing Lin to keep her ability to read the Diary secret and asked her to wake her when Chu Xiao reached Stone Desert City.
• Chu Xiao found no one waiting to bind a Diary copy, then sensed a fifth-rank Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake pursuing a Snake-Person.
• Chu Xiao recognized the Snake-Person as Yue Mei, Commander of the Snake-People Tribe, and learned she had stolen an Essence Spirit Fruit from the beast.
• The Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake threatened Yue Mei and invoked the backing of a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, but Yue Mei attacked rather than surrendering the fruit.
• Chu Xiao wrote in his Diary that Yue Mei was likely to lose and that he should help her, then considered taking the Essence Spirit Tree and capturing the snake.
• Cao Ying woke, opened her Diary Copy, and read about the Essence Spirit Fruit and the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake.

Chu Xiao rescued Yue Mei from the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and a hidden human Dou Wang, claiming friendship with Medusa as he fled toward the Tagor Desert. Medusa arrived to confront their pursuers, and Yue Mei and Chu Xiao recognized her as their queen, Cai Lin.

• Qing Lin read Chu Xiao’s diary while Medusa warned her to hide her feelings and then left for the Spirit Rock Mountain Range.
• Diary readers noticed Chu Xiao’s plan to use a Two-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, while Yun Yun chose to wait in Wutan City.
• The Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake overwhelmed Yue Mei with lava attacks and offered her as a prize to the hidden human Dou Wang.
• Chu Xiao appeared, took Yue Mei with him, and used the Wind-Thunder Profound Wings to flee toward the Tagor Desert.
• The Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and the human Dou Wang pursued Chu Xiao and Yue Mei, but red energy arrows drove them back.
• Medusa appeared, and Yue Mei and Chu Xiao recognized her as their queen, Cai Lin.

Chu Xiao reunited with Medusa while helping Yue Mei, bound her through the Diary, and synchronized the Serpent Sealing Curse. Medusa defeated the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake, then Chu Xiao’s Diary revealed their reunion to its other readers.

• Yue Mei suspected that Chu Xiao and Medusa had a romantic relationship after hearing him call her Cai Lin.
• Chu Xiao bound Medusa through the Diary and synchronized the Serpent Sealing Curse, a bloodline-sealing secret technique.
• Medusa struck the fleeing Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake with her Purple Nether Flame Seal and sent him crashing into the mountains.
• Medusa rejected the name Cai Lin and told Chu Xiao he could call her Medusa or Queen.
• Chu Xiao updated the Diary about his hellish reunion with Cai Lin, and Ya Fei went to find Yun Yun after realizing Medusa had a Diary Copy.

After Chu Xiao reunited with Medusa, his diary entry about Cai Lin stirred jealousy among the women who could read it. Medusa subdued the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and led Chu Xiao toward the Essence Spirit Fruit tree, where he proposed a deal and left his fate in her hands.

• Chu Xiao posted a diary image of his wife Cai Lin, prompting Xun Er to post a portrait of herself and feel reassured about his affection.
• Ya Fei explained to Yun Yun that Medusa and Xun Er might compare themselves as future Empresses of the Heavenly Palace.
• Medusa beat the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake until it submitted, sealed its cultivation, and ordered it to lead her to the Essence Spirit Fruit tree.
• Chu Xiao and Yue Mei followed Medusa, but Medusa ordered Yue Mei back to her post and told Chu Xiao to leave.
• Chu Xiao offered Medusa a deal, and she threatened to kill him if it failed to interest her.

Chu Xiao traded his alchemy skills for Yue Mei’s Essence Spirit Fruits and medicinal ingredients, then flew after Medusa while privately admiring her. Women across the continent read his Diary Copy and reacted to his thoughts, while Medusa grew increasingly aware of his gaze and the diary’s revelations.

• Chu Xiao asked Yue Mei for her Essence Spirit Fruits and revealed that he could refine peak fifth-rank Dou Ling Pills.
• Yue Mei gave Chu Xiao two Essence Spirit Fruits and the ingredients for three batches in exchange for one Dou Ling Pill.
• Yue Mei left, convinced Chu Xiao would make a suitable royal consort, and Medusa warned him not to deceive her subordinate.
• Chu Xiao followed Medusa toward the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake while openly admiring her in his thoughts.
• Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, Medusa, and Xun Er read the Diary Copy and reacted to Chu Xiao’s thoughts about Medusa.
• Medusa felt Chu Xiao’s scorching gaze as he flew behind her and realized she was becoming flustered.

Chu Xiao teased Medusa and argued that she should live as herself rather than merely inherit the title of Queen. His diary revealed his plans to protect her and their future daughter, and Medusa warmed to him enough to consider changing her name.

• Medusa threatened to kill Chu Xiao, but he claimed an elder in his family could refine a fifth-rank pill and continued calling her Cai Lin.
• Chu Xiao argued that Medusa was her own person, not just the bearer of an inherited title, and privately wrote that she was stubborn about liking the name Cai Lin.
• Chu Xiao recalled the Heavenly Evil God and vowed to protect Medusa, Xun Er, and the others in this life.
• Chu Xiao wrote that he would use powerful pills to ensure his future daughter with Medusa, Chu Chu, was born as a Dou Zong.
• Medusa recognized that Chu Xiao intended to give their daughter the highest-tier inheritance and additional support, then said she might let him change her name.

Chu Xiao tried to convince Medusa that he could become strong enough to conquer her, then demonstrated his power by forming a Two-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus. As he launched it, Medusa sensed that the attack might be aimed at her.

• Medusa told Chu Xiao that he had to conquer her and become her man, starting by growing stronger than her.
• Chu Xiao summoned the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame and fused it with the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame to create a Two-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• Medusa and the Women recognized the fire lotus, while the Women realized its power had a limited number of uses before the flames recovered.
• Chu Xiao hurled the expanding fire lotus away, but Medusa felt as though it had targeted her and sensed danger.